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A living archive of how artists work with color across time. Each artist profile scans publicly available works to trace dominant colors, a chromatic fingerprint, and the arc of a palette across a lifetime.A living archive of how artists work with color across time, tracing palettes, fingerprints, and lifetime arcs from public works.

Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.Begin with an artist, carry a palette into the drawing system, or read the wider project.

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William Glackens

William James Glackens was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid down by the conservative National Academy of Design. He is also known for his work in helping Albert C.

Palette: #998268 #CABBA9 #7F3E27 #995F3A #BC7D4E #593325 #D5B380 #50708E

  • Family Group (1910-11): #5A6D5A #77613D #513224 #403D36 #9D692D #9B9068
  • Bathers at Bellport: #778CB4 #9399AC #676B4E #5E7187 #907C56 #40504C
  • Bouquet with Ferns: #47555C #555148 #1F3E48 #DC0905 #DE6E07 #0A0C0A
  • Carl Schurz Park (1922): #BFC6B0 #928061 #C3B58A #5D7A6A #578AA2 #19654D
  • Central Park, Winter: #163841 #51615F #121817 #ABA999 #122528 #2D515F
  • Clove Pond (1916): #BFA38D #929C97 #E2CBA9 #8E706A #B57860 #BF5645
  • Crowd at the Seashore: #7E8E9F #5F7AA6 #8C766F #C99450 #A77750 #5E5564
  • East Point, Gloucester: #A77D5D #D7C6AE #542015 #784B2A #3A0F08 #C78C53
  • Family Group: #967D4E #75755B #49483F #5C3A2C #5E4D34 #C0B481
  • Château-Thierry (1906): #BEB1A4 #95877C #ECD0A8 #72675E #A99C77 #3C312D
  • Lenna Painting (ca. 1918): #9E4B3C #CCC8B9 #926755 #62443A #5A554A #BA8F75
  • Luxembourg Gardens (1906): #25241F #696444 #373B2D #464C33 #928868 #656B39
  • Pavilion at Gloucester (1919): #CEC6C6 #9C8274 #B47F64 #94A1A8 #636C54 #9D8D54
  • Dsc09468 (ca. 1915): #943F31 #3E1F18 #574538 #231D23 #713B2F #AE9E83
  • Reclining Nude, By (1910): #817157 #5E3B2E #392A2A #4E483C #B08F6F #763524
  • The Green Car (1910): #B19572 #908171 #C4BB9C #B37C3C #E5D7B3 #987143
  • Untitled: #5A5249 #765045 #4F6B50 #A67C67 #234F3A #B05B4A
  • Bathing at Bellport, Long Island (1911): #E1C3B7 #C1ACB7 #E5B582 #9D8886 #C39B86 #90694B
  • Beach Umbrellas at Blue Point (1915): #9A98C7 #BDA284 #555229 #8A6A3A #757383 #766249
  • Oct 1922 Shadowland (1922): #7C897E #7B2716 #636253 #DCE5DB #D91F0B #400903
  • Nude with Apple: #CDB9AC #612424 #C8C3D2 #874435 #77748F #A09199
  • Parade, Washington Square (1912): #715E4C #2A2C2F #4E362C #7E513D #AF8B72 #A96851
  • Flying Kites, Montmartre (1906): #9FB1CA #848C74 #607E7C #3B4C49 #616654 #82A3CA
  • Jetties at Bellport (1912): #B4B2B1 #928F78 #B8A378 #6E7D80 #AF8D42 #87744A
  • View of West Hartford (1907): #D0A00A #C2D7F0 #AD8C1F #8D6F27 #7A7C86 #6D531A
  • Young Woman in Green (1915): #2C3D37 #99604D #3C2424 #5B3F3B #867674 #763F36
  • Al Moquin's (1905): #0F1219 #6D6965 #3E3430 #DCDEDA #748FA4 #CEBDAA
  • Il Viale, Central Park, 1905 Ca (ca. 1905): #313428 #BE8438 #5B6B50 #4D452D #786942 #A09E75
  • William James Glackens, Giornata di Brezza, Rimorchiatori (ca. 1910): #92B5D9 #344646 #9F6D39 #44658C #7B4320 #5D6B6D
  • William James Glackens, Jetties at Bellport, 1916 Ca (ca. 1916): #B7B4C4 #8E693C #CEB584 #633F1C #918C88 #82869C
  • Portrait of Kay Laurell: #83A0A5 #4E6D7E #373B47 #A4A995 #1A1F2C #4E2B30
  • Pears and Oranges in a Bowl: #949C8B #784D28 #6A8781 #854021 #466E6C #543923
  • Woman with Watch, By (1914): #373535 #425C63 #263B3E #81331E #A9A087 #8D4C29

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